DudleySmith
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You’re uninformed. Get informed before posting. If you’re a devoted imperialist or statist, it’s likely too late for you.
FROM FLAGSHIP TO INFAMY: THE DOOMED VOYAGE OF THE USS INDIANAPOLIS
She was fast and she was powerful. She was America. So much so that President Franklin D. Roosevelt adopted the Indy as his official “Ship of State.”
ESCAPED PEARL HARBOR
For reasons shrouded in mystery, the USS Indianapolis was not in port at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. In Edgar Harrell’s book, “Out of the Depths” — himself a survivor of the Indy ’s tragic sinking— he retells the account of Daniel Brady, a seaman second class aboard the Indy . According to Brady, the ship was docked across from battleship row and most of the men were ashore for liberty leaving about 1/3 of the crew aboard. On the morning of December 5th, the remaining crew was told to get the ship ready to leave in less than an hour, a nearly impossible task.
“Most of our crew,” Brady says, “Were ashore and we could never recall them in time on such short notice. Soon, 50 Marines in full battle gear came aboard…. Next came truckloads of food and vegetables, which were dumped unceremoniously on the bleached, white, teakwood quarterdeck!”
Within the hour the Indy was at sea having left behind most of her crew, and on her way to conduct drills some 700 miles southwest of Hawaii. She was spared the wrath of the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor.
From Flagship to Infamy: The Doomed Voyage of the USS Indianapolis - American Outdoor Guide
You and your commie buddy Mike need to get married. You're pretty much incompetent at faking being a 'libertarian'.